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Nov. 16th, 2003 06:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
judecorpA few weeks ago, A. brought over his old 17" monitor because he had gotten a new one and asked if I wanted this one. I would have felt weirder taking it if it hadn't hit me that I'm sure I helped pay for it when it was purchased for his computer way back. It's been downstairs since he brought it over, and tonight in preparation for house guests (well, just Bucky) I thought I would bring it upstairs and plug it in. Now, I've only ever in my whole life had a 13" monitor here in the house, and let me say just one thing: WOW, THIS IS HUGE! Yeah.
Jennifer and I just got back from running a gazillion errands and going to see the Tupac movie. It was everything I wanted it to be, so YAY! The only down side was that a guy two rows ahead of me kept bouncing in his seat or something, which was bouncing my seat, which made me have to pee really badly. But that's okay.
One of the errands was Trader Joe's for groceries, where we bumped into Alycia and Kate. Well, we physically bumped into a whole lot of people, because it was PACKED. We will never go to TJs on a Sunday afternoon again. Now we're broke but have a fridge full of healthy foodles, which means we have to make a conscious effort to eat homemade lunches and dinners instead of going out. We always mean to, and get off to a good start, and then start to run out of food and go out to eat a lot, and get into a vicious cycle (out to eat = don't buy groceries = no food in house = out to eat). But let me tell you, right now she's cooking up a storm in preparation for Bucky, and it smells so mouthwateringly good that I can't for the life of me imagine why we don't eat in.
Okay, doorbell rang, so that means Bucky and homecooked dinner and vino and good times. I love my life right now.
(p.s. Went to Japanese Steakhouse for Sarah Carrots's birthday dinner last night. I would choose my meal more wisely next time, but it was a bucket of fun. Bah bah BAH bah bah bah bah bah!)
Jennifer and I just got back from running a gazillion errands and going to see the Tupac movie. It was everything I wanted it to be, so YAY! The only down side was that a guy two rows ahead of me kept bouncing in his seat or something, which was bouncing my seat, which made me have to pee really badly. But that's okay.
One of the errands was Trader Joe's for groceries, where we bumped into Alycia and Kate. Well, we physically bumped into a whole lot of people, because it was PACKED. We will never go to TJs on a Sunday afternoon again. Now we're broke but have a fridge full of healthy foodles, which means we have to make a conscious effort to eat homemade lunches and dinners instead of going out. We always mean to, and get off to a good start, and then start to run out of food and go out to eat a lot, and get into a vicious cycle (out to eat = don't buy groceries = no food in house = out to eat). But let me tell you, right now she's cooking up a storm in preparation for Bucky, and it smells so mouthwateringly good that I can't for the life of me imagine why we don't eat in.
Okay, doorbell rang, so that means Bucky and homecooked dinner and vino and good times. I love my life right now.
(p.s. Went to Japanese Steakhouse for Sarah Carrots's birthday dinner last night. I would choose my meal more wisely next time, but it was a bucket of fun. Bah bah BAH bah bah bah bah bah!)
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Date: 2003-11-16 07:18 pm (UTC)A /case/? Wow.
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Date: 2003-11-16 07:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-16 07:56 pm (UTC)We didn't have a lot of money at TJ's this time around (lots of big purchases this weekend: the Indiana Jones box set for Jen, an engraved clock for my grandparents' 60th anniversary dinner, Japanese Steakhouse for Sarah's birthday, etc.), but I can see me buying many bottles of $3-$4 wine when I have more cash. After all, we have a big wine rack to fill, and I drink a bottle of wine every Thursday before Survivor these days.
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Date: 2003-11-16 08:04 pm (UTC)Yay for cheap wine!
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Date: 2003-11-16 05:27 pm (UTC)Probably for the same reason as Patti and I ...
Eat In = buy groceries + prepare food + cook food + eat food + clean up table + clean up kitchen
Eat Out = drive there + have a wide variety of food to choose from (i.e. dont have to eat the same thing as your significant other) + have your food served (no cooking, no cleaning)
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Date: 2003-11-16 07:20 pm (UTC)The thing is, I could easily eat at a place like El Vaquero or Chipotle every day, so it doesn't cost all that much more than eating in, but without the work. But then I see myself getting fatter and fatter!
OINK OINK!!
"irrrving, don't fahget the tamaytuhs!"
Date: 2003-11-16 08:26 pm (UTC)Re: "irrrving, don't fahget the tamaytuhs!"
Date: 2003-11-17 07:17 am (UTC)However, the guy in front of us in line was really funny. We were talking about our food and he had to leave the line to get something we mentioned, because it sounded good.
And you're right about the cashiers. Yumola.
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Date: 2003-11-16 08:47 pm (UTC)Funny, I do the same thing. One possible antidote, though it is time-consuming, is to go shopping every 1-2 days for small amounts of food that you know you will cook promptly.
Being single worsens it. Most friends and dates have trembled at the thought of my cooking (
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Date: 2003-11-17 07:16 am (UTC)During the week, the spare moments are spent doing other mundane tasks like dishes, laundry, cat boxes. You know, fun stuff.
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Date: 2003-11-18 04:11 am (UTC)PANTS!
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Date: 2003-11-18 05:15 am (UTC)PANTS!
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Date: 2003-11-18 05:37 am (UTC)